Trembles
[tremblz]
Definition
(noun.) disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot.
Edited by Bridget--From WordNet
Examples
- You speak against a tiny disc of sheet-iron, and the disc trembles. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I think Mademoiselle Lucy will now confess that the cord and gallows are amply earned; she trembles in anticipation of her doom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It has millions and millions of varieties of trembles, as many as there are sounds in the universe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She stares, trembles, and curtseys, whenever I speak to her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Thus a man in a strong prison well-guarded, without the least means of escape, trembles at the thought of the rack, to which he is sentenced. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But when he approaches, the doors slam to with a crash, the earth trembles, and all the lights in Jerusalem burn a ghastly blue! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Even the lion trembles in fear, whispered Mr. Philander. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The surgeon leans against the corner of the chimney-piece; Miss Flite peeps and trembles just within the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She falters, trembles, and puts her hand confusedly to her head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Sir Leicester's voice trembles and his grey hair stirs upon his head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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